NASCIO offers Senate testimony on security problems

Speaking on July 19 before the Senate subcommittee investigating cyber-security, Delware CIO and NASCIO president Tom Jarrett said that a marked increase in cyber attacks are costly to the states and leave them vulnerable to criminal activity, according to Stateline.org. Jarrett also took the opportunity to say that the federal government has not adequately included the states in cyber-defense planning, a point NASCIO made in this press release.